Nicolai Petrat

is professor for music didactics at the Rostock University of Music and Theatre

assumes that every person has musical potential – it just needs to be woken in the right way

his research mainly deals with the fields of children's motivation in instrumental lessons, new perspectives of how to provide and reflect teaching as well as the psychological dimensions of processing music

is the author of several books about instrumental educational theory

completed a master-class taught by Andre Navarra at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna